As predicted, David Quinn will not announce Rangers starting goalie

Anthony Scultore Updated: Jul 23, 2020

David Quinn revealed that he will not be announcing the Rangers starting goaltender any time soon. He will however, be bringing everyone from training camp, save for K’Andre Miller who can’t play, to Toronto.

David Quinn will wait until Game One

Yesterday, I wrote that there was no reason or advantage for David Quinn to announce his starting goaltender. Prior to writing that article, I did break down exactly what I thought he would do.

Let’s see if I have Quinn’s mindset figured out.
1. He already knows his starter
2. He will discuss with all 3 goalies today/tomorrow privately
3. There’s no advantage in announcing
4. Keep Carolina guessing
5. Announce before gametime
— Forever Blueshirts (@4EverBlueshirts) July 22, 2020

Now according to his most recent Zoom interview, what I laid out is exactly what will happen.

DQ said he's not going to name his No. 1 goalie until the day of Game 1 of the best-of-5 series against CAR, or the day before.
— Colin Stephenson (@ColinSNewsday) July 23, 2020

Clues to who the Rangers starting goalie will be

Shesterkin likely to start game 1 (Photo by Jared Silber/NHLI via Getty Images)

Igor Shesterkin was the #1 goalie before the NHL went on pause. Coming into camp, it was his job to lose and although Henrik Lundqvist had a strong camp, Igor was better.

Another clue to whom will start game one is who owns the net during practice. For the last two sessions, Shesterkin has owned one net while Lundqvist and Alexandar Georgiev shared the other.

Of course, you never know until you know. Keep guessing Carolina.

By Anthony Scultore

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